Those words are my undoing because when Zoey comes to a slow stand, it appears like our time has finally come. “How can you?” she questions with a sneer. “How can you have feelings for him after everything he’s done to you? So don’t you dare think you’re any better than us…because you’re not.”
Something about Alek’s demeanor changes. He slowly raises his chin to look at me, something akin to hope sparking in his eyes. Zoey just said I had feelings for him, for this monster. It’s the first time it’s been spoken aloud, and I don’t know what to do.
I’ve not known what this something is I feel for Alek, but could Zoey be right? Do I have…feelings for this man? Not feelings of love, but feelings of…like?
No.
My body retaliates violently at the thought, and just when Zoey opens her mouth, no
